Loch Morar
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Loch Morar is a fresh water loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth largest loch in Scotland, with a surface area of 26.7 square kilometers (10.3 square miles). It is also the deepest loch in the British Isles with a maximum depth of 310 meters.
Loch Morar is of glacial origin with very steep sides and a length of 19 kilometers. It contains five sizeable islands.
In common with Loch Ness, occasional reports of large unidentified creatures in the loch's waters are made. The monster has been dubbed Morag by locals.
Loch Morar was once famous for its prolific salmon and sea trout runs, but in common with most other freshwater systems in north west Scotland these fish have been largely eradicated, and in many cases unique gene types are now extinct, due to biological pollution in the form of parasitic lice from sea cage salmon farms.
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